Posted by mike on December 29th, 2004

This quote seems appropriate after our year of traveling and moving, and is also fitting for the dawn of a new year.

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

TS Elliot
The Gilding

Posted by mike on December 4th, 2004

Sheryl took this enchanting picture of trees silhouetted against the sky at sunset and also mirrored on the water of Marion Lake.

Sunset at Lake Marion

Hmm, this one deserves a closer look:

Marion sunset zoomed

Posted by mike on December 3rd, 2004

It’s hard to believe, but 25 years ago today I began working at 1501 Page Mill Rd. I started as an electronic repair technician for HP’s Stanford Park R & D lab and currently work with a team that provides web services, both for and in cooperation with, the researchers of HP Labs. …

Posted by mike on December 2nd, 2004

These posts are mainly for me to help keep track of changes to the site and in some cases to share techniques I’ve used to create and manage the site. Similar entries may be found in my blogging category archives.

Tonight’s upgrade includes some minor changes and one fairly major change.

I changed the default color …

Posted by mike on December 1st, 2004

This seems an appropriate topic for the first post of December … some photos of the many icicles created as the warm sun melts the snow on the roof. The melted snow drips down and it’s cold enough that the melted water soon freezes again, before it hits the ground. As the dripping …